. Les oiseaux sur nous . er, soit itbeetle ou papillon. . * dans la poursuite de la nourriture, les hiboux perch sur une petite branche près du sol, s'assoir le boulon droit d'une façon indolente, somnolent jusqu'à ce que l'oeil irquid détecte un insecte se déplaçant sur la plaine; puis ils pouncesuddenly sur elle, la maintenir avec leurs petites mais puissantes griffes, et avec leurs becs tranchants déchirent les captifs aux morceaux. . Hungersatiated, ils retournent à leur arbre, et, en se coulant ensemble, sitand se délasser de leur temps, à l'abri des rayons flamboyants du soleil du jour par le feuillage du chêne robuste. . 16* 186 les oiseaux à propos de nous. Comte

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. The birds about us . er, be itbeetle or butterfly. . * When in pursuit of food the owls perch on a small branch nearthe ground, sit bolt upright in an indolent, drowsy manner until theirquick eye detects an insect moving on the plain; then they pouncesuddenly upon it, hold it down with their small but powerful claws, and with their sharp beaks tear the captive to pieces. . Hungersatiated, they return to their tree, and, cuddling lovingly together, sitand doze away their time, protected from the blazing rays of themid-day sun by the foliage of the sturdy oak. . 16* 186 The Birds About Us. Early in May two small eggs were laid, —a large knot-hole in thebranch of the oak being selected as the nesting-place. . The Indians, without exception, hold this little owl in terribledread. To see one in the day or to hear its feeble cry, not unlike astifled scream, is a fatal omen to brave or squaw ; the hearer or nearrelative is sure to die ere the end of the moon. To kill one is anunpardonable heresy.. WILD TURKEY. Game-Birds and Pigeons. 187 CHAPTER IX. GAME-BIRDS AND PIGEONS. BY Game-birds is meant those that are popu-larly known as Grouse, Quails, Partridges, Ptar-migan, and the Wild Turkey. Of these so-calledgallinaceous birds we have a considerable variety, and but for the greed of sportsmen, want of con-science of pot-shooters, and asininity of legislators, would have scattered over the whole country a vastlygreater number of individual birds; for we hear thecry of late from every quarter, Game is gettingscarce. Nevertheless, everybody chases the lastbird to death, saying, If I didnt, some one elsewould. In the extreme South and Southwest there are afew doves and pigeons peculiar to those regions; butin the United States generally there are but the WildPigeon and Turtle-dove, and the former is prettynearly blotted out of existence. The common Eastern Quail, or Bob-white, is to alla familiar bird. It probably has not a single habitnot thoroughly well known. It is a residen

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